Questions tagged [laptop-repair]
Questions about performing repairs on your mobile computer
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Why does right side of my laptop screen display appear black?
I have a HP laptop with Windows 7 as the OS. I don't know why but since some time the right side of the display looks black. It looks like this:
And, I think if you zoom on, you can see that the ...
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A few of my Toshiba laptop keys stopped working
Some of my Toshiba laptop automatically stopped working. Right now I am using a wireless keyboard and all keys work on it. I wonder if it is something I did accidentally in the bottom "Find" space.....
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How can I fix keys on my Dell laptop that have become harder to press?
A couple of days ago, my son spilled soda on one side of my laptop computer. Upon using it, I discovered that some of the keys in that area have become difficult to press down, they work just fine but ...
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Testing hardware in computer that fails to POST
With a computer that powers on and runs its fan, but doesn't get any further, what would be useful troubleshooting steps and diagnostic equipment (if any)? It seems undamaged to look at, and the user ...
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Erratic light on laptop power adapter
I replaced a power board on a Dell Inspiron laptop. If I plug the power adapter into the power board by itself, the light on the adapter stays on, if I connect the power board to the motherboard then ...
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BIOS corruption failure
I have an HP laptop g42-415dx and when i start it up the Caps lock light blinks twice and then I get a blank screen. The HP website states that 2 blinks means BIOS corruption.
At the beginning it was ...
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Lenovo P51s ThinkPad laptop continuously cycles power on and off. Why is this happening and how can it be fixed?
This morning, when I tried to turn my Lenovo P51s ThinkPad laptop on (it was on my desk, untouched from where I'd left it last night), it started the process (keyboard lights up, fan turns on), then ...
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Is there a "PM"/"P" Torx screw or are they always "TM"/"T"?
Is there a "PM"/"P" Torx screw or are they always "TM"/"T"?
The reason:
The Elitebook 8470p manual mentions two types of screws:
Remove the four Torx TM2.5×8.0 ...
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Accessing BIOS taking literal hours in laptop
Apologies if this is the wrong sub
I'm troubleshooting a weird issue on a friends laptop and I'm a bit taken aback as to why it's doing this. Essentially it's an asus E403S laptop and when you power ...
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Asus Rog GL702ZC shuts down on GPU memory clock stress
My laptop has the following specifications:
RX 580
Ryzen 1600
8GB RAM
SSD + HDD
A week ago I gave my laptop to a local service to have it cleaned up and some new thermal ...
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Opening ASUS Zenbook 15 UX533FD
Was all set to upgrade my ASUS Zenbook 15 UX533FD today with a new 2TB NVMe SSD (up from the 500GB SSD it shipped with), or so I thought.
Reviews say, and visual inspection of the notebook's chassis ...
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A green vertical line on my laptop screen
I get a green vertical line on the screen of my laptop, and i think it's because the pressure or something, is there any solution for it ?
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My screen doesn't display anything, only the backlight works
I was wondering if anyone could help me out with this problem. I use an hp ProBook 4540s and I'm not quite sure why but whenever I restart the PC ( whether after a Windows update or perhaps after a ...
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Monitor broken or changed settings? Blues have lines and whites with yellow tint
Very recently, my Lenovo y510p laptop's monitor has been having display problems with blues and whites. In my setup I also have a second monitor connected to the laptop. The second monitor has no ...
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my laptop screen showing horizontal lines
I have horizontal bands on the top and bottom of my Dell Precision laptop screen. How do I make it go away?
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